Tire-securing means.



M. C. ovlERMAN. TIRE SECURING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED 0011.6. 1916.

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TIREFSECURING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

y.Application led October G, 1916. Serial No. 124,100.

Be it known that I, MAX Camus OvnRMAN, a citizen of the United States, residui it or have invented certain new and useful Improveniente in Tire- Securing Means, l oi'A which the following is a specification.

, My present invention relates to tire-securing means, the features and advantages of which will be apparent 4to those skil d in the art from an understanding of the ollowing description in connectionwith the drawings. In these illustrating one of the forms my invention is adapted to take,

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a tire,`

wheel-felly and flanges securing the tire to said wheel-parts; Fig. 2 is an edge view of one of the anchor plates and clamps; and Fig. 3 is a view looking at a portion of the back of the tire showing two of the anchor plates in plan located in correspondingly vshaped recesses in the back of the tire.

Describing now the specific devices of the drawings 2--1 is a wood felly of the wheel surrounded by a metal band 2. 3-3 area pair of wood ringslocated with the parts 1 and 2 between them and having the same diameter at the part 2 so as to be flush therewith. The vrings 3 -3 increase the width of the felly so as to adapt it to re-A ceive my tire. 4 4 are a pair of ianges comprising a iat ring portion at the side of the wood rings 3 and bolted in that. position by a plurality of bolts like bolt' 5 in Fig. 1 which with its nut 6 bolts and binds together the flanges 4.-4, the wood rings 3--3 and the central elly parts 1 and 2. Further the anges have the curved or dished tire-olaf ping portions 4a.

The illustracdtire 7 is covered by my earlier patents and it suffices here to say that it is a cushion tire having a longitudinal opening 8 through it. 9 is a central longitudinal slot through the base of the tire leading into the opening 8 to form the portions 10-10 by which to clamp the tire to i the anchor plates 11, which in turn along with the tire are clamped and secured to the wheel-telly by the anges 4a.

There are a plurality of these anchor plates 11 spaced several inches apart around the tire and seated in individual recesses in its base of the same shape as the anchor plates. See Figs. 1 and 3. 11a isa projction,.preferably cylindrical or tapering on each end of the anchor plates receivable into properly spaced holes in the ianges 4B. These prevent the plates and therefore the tire both from creeping circumferentially and from pulling'oill the wheel..

The ends 11b of the clamping plates are bent downwardly and inwardly; preferably on a dierent curve from the flanges 4a, so that said flanges contact with and grip said ends 11b primarily above and below as shown in Eig. 1 and thereby, bind the tire to the wheel all the more securely, although this is not so important or essential a feature when the pro]ections 11a are used.

11c-11c` are extensions from the anchorplates' extending longitudinally of the tire and serve to prevent the base of the tire from creeping laterally when onl the felly.

12--12 are a plurality of elongated clamping plates insertible through the slot 9 into the tire-opening 8 to engage the parts 10-10 of the tire and clamp them to the Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

anchor-plates 11. Each clamping plate 12 f has a threadedstem 12 engaged by a nut ,13 located inI a recess in the top of the given anchor-plate, said nut having afreduced I 4clamp together the tire and anchor-plates,

the clamped parts 10-10 of the tire squeeze inwardly against the reduced portion 13 of the nuts and act as lock means for them.

Thus it will be seen that my inventionl is an effective way to adapt a wide-base tire to a narrow or standard felly and to attach it to said felly or to any other suitable fell'y in a perfectly secure manner and with entire avoidance of creeping.

What I claim is z- 1; ln combination with a. tire having a recessed base, platemeans secured to the tire in said recesses having their ends at the sides of the tire and having extensions directed longitudinally of the tire, the respective recesses in the tire lfitting said eXtensions; and wheel-langes at the sides of the tire clanipinr the ends of said plates.

2. In combination with a tire having a.

plurality of recesses in itsl base,.plates ing said recesses'secured to the tire with their ends at the sides of the tire, wheel-viianges atl the sides of said tire engaging the ends of said plates, and interlocking means.

between said ianges and the ends of said plates.

3. In combination a built-out felly comprising a pair of rings on either side of a wheel felly, flanges projecting outwardly from the sides of the built-out telly, bolt means through said flanges and built-out telly, a tire having a plurality of recesses in its base, plates in said recesses secured to the tire with their ends at the sides of the tire` the aforesaid ianfges clamping the sides ot' the tire and the ends of said plates in the recesses.

Ll. In combination, a tire having its base longitudinally divided into halves to provide clamping portions at said division, the halves ot' the beschaving surface recesses therein which extend around to the sides of the tire; plate-means, located in said recesses, extending across the halves of the base and having downwardly and inwardly directed ends in the side-recesses; means for clamping the plate-means to the tire engaging the aforesaid clamping portions; and wheel-flanges engaging said plate-ends at the sides of the tire.

5. In combination, a tire having surface recesses in its base extending around to the sides of the tire; plate-means, located in said recesses, extending across the base of the tire and having downwardly and in wardly directed ends in the side-recesses; means for. securing the plate-means to the base of the tire; and heel-flanges engaging said plate-ends at the sides of the tire.

6. ln combination, a tire having surface recesses in its base extending around to the sides of the tire; plate-means, located in said recesses, consisting of a body portion extending across the base of the tire with downwardly and inwardly directed ends in the side-recesses and with extensions from said body portion which are directed longitudinally of the tire and are located near said ends; means for securing the platemeans to the base of' the tire; and Wheelflanges engaging said plate-ends at the sides of the tire.

7. In combination, a tire having surface recesses in its base extending around t0 the sides ot' the tire; plate-means, located in said recesses, extending across the base of the tire and having downwardly and inwardly directed ends in the side-recesses; means for securing the plate-means to the base of the tire; wheel-flanges engaging said plate-ends at the sides ot the tire; and 0sitive interlocking means between the w ieelflanges and the plate-means.

8. In combination, a tire having surface recesses in its base extending around to the sides of the tire; plate-means, located in said recesses, extending across the base of the tire and having downwardly and inwardly directed ends in the side-recesses; means for securing the plate-means to the base ot' the tire; and wheel-flanges shaped` to engage the plate-ends at the sides of the tire primarily at the top and bottom of said ends.

In testimony \\'hereof, I have signed my name to this specification this sith day of October, 1916.

MAX CYRUS OVERMAN. 

